RogerBW's Blog

We wish you a merry Newtonmas, and a happy new year.

On 25 December, a child was born who would change the world forever. So of course we shall be celebrating with the traditional activities:

• searching through a box of sand and sea-shells for the "prettier shell than ordinary";

• standing on a giant (or at least the tallest person present);

• poking each other's eyes with bodkins [check this? - ed.];

• hanging around in a pub until someone utters base coin;

• getting very stoned and trying to work out what the Bible really means, man;

• mostly resisting the temptation to invest in the South Seas Company, or invent a universal language, even though everyone else is doing it.